Sea Change

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Sea Change

Now comes word that Lloyd's List, the world shipping industry's trade paper, has decided to refer to a ship as "it" rather than "she." The editor, Julian Bray, blithely scuttled a thousand years of maritime history and tradition, arguing that "we see it as a reflection of the modern business of shipping. Ultimately they are commodities ... not things that have character." Where's a bloody gangplank when you need one?